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Background<\/h2>\nBackground<\/h2>\nI have over 28 years of experience in the power generation industry, and six years in the nuclear submarine industry after graduating from Clarkson University.\u00a0 The bulk of my power generation career includes 23 years with GE\u00ae in a variety of roles, including rotor-dynamic analysis, remote monitoring & diagnostics management & development, product service engineering, plant level systems integration, and root cause analysis.\u00a0 An opportunity with Alstom\/PSM\u00ae allowed me to focus on business technical integration across multiple product lines.<\/p>\n
I am MD&A\u2019s Gas Turbine Services Engineering Manager.\u00a0 In this role, I provide engineering management, guidance, and service support for our world-class Gas Turbine (GT) outage services.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The first thing our customers need to know is that the recommendation from the OEM regarding the end of a GT rotor\u2019s design service life is a prediction.\u00a0 The second thing to understand is that operation and maintenance practices greatly affect the rotor aging process.\u00a0 A third item to consider is that not all rotor parts age at the same rate.\u00a0 MD&A can provide all the elements required of a rotor end of life evaluation including inspections, metallurgical analysis, engineering evaluation, and life prediction; as well as performing any rotor wheel\/disk repairs or providing new wheels\/disks based on the cost, benefit, and risk analysis customized for each customer\u2019s particular needs.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Completing a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for an event, catastrophic or otherwise, is critical prior to taking corrective action and restarting the unit.\u00a0 Fully understanding the root cause of an event will define the proper corrective actions needed to mitigate or eliminate the chance of repeat failure.\u00a0 MD&A prides itself in performing RCA\u2019s that focus purely on the facts, physics and operational history of the machine.\u00a0 Once the RCA has been completed, MD&A can provide all the services and parts required to address the issues correctly.<\/p>\n It\u2019s difficult for me to pick one project that I would call my favorite at MD&A.\u00a0 The opportunity to work on such a variety of projects that satisfy our customer\u2019s needs makes my job very interesting, and every project we work on has something unique that makes our work here at MD&A both fun and challenging.\u00a0<\/p>\n If I could have any super power, I would choose the ability to see the future.\u00a0 Part of my career involved developing diagnostic and predictive rules for monitoring gas turbines.\u00a0 Being able to predict what will happen in a gas turbine\u2019s future is the holy grail of remote monitoring & diagnostics.\u00a0 Having that super power would make me the ultimate monitoring & diagnostics center, not to mention that I would be a stock market whiz!!<\/p>\n Contact Rich today using<\/strong>\u00a0our\u00a0Contact form<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\nWhy should customers perform a thorough Root Cause Analysis after an unexplained event?<\/h2>\n
What has been your favorite project at MD&A?<\/h2>\n
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?<\/h2>\n